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Contents: Our 70-Group Air Force Emerges; Building The Parade Of Flowers; Now They’re Weaving Houses; Warning – Earthquake Ahead; Painting In Wood And Stone; Don’t Bet Against A Cow Pony; We Drove To Alaska – Part III; Black Gold Under Artic Ice; Running Water Is Their Problem; Clearing The Range For Beef For The Craftsman – Tin-Can Craft; Try Your Hand At Gimp Braiding; Glass Cutting Made Easy; Stretch Your Gasoline Dollar – Part III; Focus On Baby; Offset Boring Head; Milling Practice; Four-Wheel Bandsaw; Radio And Electronics; Clinic For Homeowners Automotive – Overdrive For Chevrolet Cars Is An All-Mechanical Unit; Debut For The ’49 Buick – Dynaflow For Supers; Chemical Mixed With Ice-Melting Salt Reduces Corrosion; Trailer Tent Sleeps Four Under Double Roof; “Honor” Gas Stations; Synthetic-Rubber Gas Nozzle Prevents Explosions; Black-Seal Windshield Swings Out Of Way; Front-Seat Back Rest Drops Down To Form Double Bed Aviation – Pulse-Jet Engines On Tips Of Rotars Power Helicopter; Plane For Family Trips Built Like A Limousine; Engine Using Exhaust Gases Boosts Range Of Plane; Navy Tests Danger Area Near Intake Of Jet-Plane Engines; Mystery Plane Revealed To Be B-17 With Gas-Turbine Engine In Nose; Pilot Of “Smallest” Airplane Lies Prone When In Cockpit; Blindfolded “Pilot”; Shimmy Test Made For Airplane Tail Wheel Boats – Powerful Rowboat Holds Record For Upstream Run; Floating Rocket Launcher; Navy’s 65,000-Ton Carrier To Be World’s Largest Warship; Navy Tests Seamless Plastic Hulls That Never Need Painting Farm – Holly Harvest; Tractor With Lift Frame Built From War Surplus; Lightweight Tractor Has Front-Wheel Drive; 90-Degree Turn Made By Wagon Hobbies And Recreation – Loose-Leaf Album For Coins; Aluminum Cabinet For Records; Metal-Ski Coaster Has Heel Brake House And Home – What’s New For Your Home; Damp Cloth Cleans Enameled-Steel Wallpaper; Self-Piloting Lawn Mower Cuts Grass In Circles Industry And Research – Forced Jellied Gas Splits Open Oil-Bearing Rocks; Isotopes Available For Research; Skyhook; “Growth Resistant” Cast Iron Won’t Expand Under Heat; Eye Dropper Samples Steel; Glass Defies Sudden Heat And Cold; Tape Seals Paper Blankets To Cover Fresh Concrete; Paris Engineers Try New Designs In Hydraulic Lab; Earth Loader Dumps Ton Per Second Into Trucks; Skyscraper In The Swamp Models, Novelties And Toys – Rocket Plane; Logs Ride Conveyor Belt On Model-Train Loader; Batteryless Flashlight Weighs Only 2 1/2 Ounces; Cart Kit Makes Centerpiece; Slivers And Tissue Become Masts And Sails Of Ship Models; Plastic Icicles For Tree Made In Varied Shapes; Toy Grader Scrapes Miniature Roads From Dirt And Sand; Edge-Lighted Plastic Forms Novel Lamp; Cracker Maker Turns Commercial; Christmas Town Beneath Tree; Child’s Electric Automobile Has Automatic Brakes Photography – Photograph Cosmic-Ray Tracks; Rocket-Borne Camera; “Fading” Scenes Now Possible With Small Movie Cameras; Camera For Tracing; Pocket-Size Flash Unit Shop And Tools – Grinder Motor Powers Jigsaw; Mobile Blacksmith Shop Makes On-The-Job Repairs; Bricklayers Brackets Hold Sill Strips; Talking Shop Miscellaneous – Inhaler For Powdered Penicillin Is Used Orally Or Nasally; Snow-Blower Attachment; Almost-Seedless Watermelons; “Ultrafax” Sends A Million Words A Minute; Table Tennis Balls Aid Tuberculosis Patients; Screw-On Christmas-Tree Lights Attached Anywhere On Cord; Writing Board For The Blind; Stencil On Invoice Saves Retyping Address For Labels; Bun-Weiner Cooker Makes Hot Dogs; Scale Shows 129,000 Weight And Price Figures; Brazier For Cooking Build From Tank Automotive – Car-Battery Charger And Booster For Cold-Weather Starting; Windshield Sleet Scraper Will Not Scratch Glass; Fender Rebuilding; Pattern Of Car-Door Key Carried In Wallet; Lubricating Windshield Wiper; Adapter Chucks Spark Plug In Drill Press For Cleaning; Try This When Grinding Bolts; Alcohol Damages Fuel Pump Christmas Special – Suggestions For A Merry Christmas; Flashlight Bulbs Illuminate Tree If Electricity Is Not Available; Testing Christmas Tree Bulbs Electrical – Lantern-Type Battery Operates Bicycle Headlight; Brushes Held In Released Position Simplify Electric-Motor Assembly; Fishing Wires Between Walls Aided By Bar Magnets House And Home – Solving Home Problems; String Sweet Potatoes; Floor Sifter Separates Chaff From Home-Shelled Popcorn; Solution For Fireproofing Fabric; Repasting Wallpaper Seams Metalworking – Brass Candle Sconce Gives Emergency Light; Burring Simulates Hammered Edge On Metalwork; Common Materials Provide Substitute Rivets Paint And Painting – Airtight Seal Of Paraffin Preserves Oil Paint In Partially Filled Cans; Box Aids Painting Drawer Knobs; Adapting Spray-Gun Suction Tube For Use With Smaller Jars Photography – Photoprint Dryer Heated With Lamp Bulbs; Vise Aids Loading Roll-Film Tank; Avoiding Squint Due To Sunlight; Premeasuring Developer Solution; Repairing Focal-Plane Shutter; Centering Guide On Printing Frame Aids Production Of Lantern Slides; Stepladder Serves As Tall Tripod For Overhead Shots; Replacing Broken Ground Glass; Rack For Cut-Film Hangers; Sink Converted To Print Washer With Drain-Plug Extension Radio And Electronics – Amplifier And Loudspeaker For Phone Conversations; How To Convert Receiver Into Wire-Recorder Combination; Dynamic Demonstrator Aids Teaching AM-FM Radio Tools – Tin Can Holds Electric Drill On Tool Panel Or Wall; Refill-Type Sanding Block Takes Roll Of Sandpaper; Grease “Pincushion” Holds Drills To Protect Them From Rust; Increasing Blowtorch Efficiency; Lenses Of Clear And Colored Glass Improve Welder’s Goggles; Adapter Plate; Adjustable Fixture Locates Milling Cuts; Stop Attached To Lathe Limits Travel Of Cross Slide Woodworking – Quarter-Round Legs; Period Clock case; Lazy Susan’s Big Sister Miscellaneous – Tidbit Servers; Semaphore For Ice Fishing; Replacing Wheels With Improvised Runners Converts Stroller Into Easily Handled Sled; Glass Cutting Made Easy; Stovepipes Thoroughly Cleaned With Wire Scratch Wheel; Salt Thaws Vertical Water Pipe; Funnel For BB-Shot Container Aids Loading Air Rifle; Thawing Short Drainpipe; Temporary Signs Lettered With Shoe Polish And Swab; Cloth-Lined Wire Picker Protects Ripe Fruit
Issue: December 1948
Condition: Very Good